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(No Model.)

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v sHING'LING BRACKET.

No. 292,458. Patented Jan. 22, 1884. I

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

STEPHEN wooDAED, oE DELA o, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR oE ONE-HALF TO ALBERT r. WOODARD, E SAME PLACE.

SHINGLlNG-BRACKET.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN WOODARD, of

Delano, in the county of Wright, and in the State of Minnesota, have invented certain new i and useful Improvements in Shinglin'g-Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference maYked to thereon, making a part of this specification.

2o junction with the base or foot to clamp the device to the roof, as more fully hereinafter specified. These obj ectsI attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

- 'which Figure 1 represents a perspective view'of my improved bracket complete, and Fig. 2 a

vertical sectional view thereof on the line 00 x of Fig. 1.

The letter A indicates a metallic arm extending from a short standard, B, on the footpiece or base 0. The foot-piece or base 0 is provided with a, toe, D, in front, which is adapted to be inserted between two shingles and a heel, E, which extends down on one of the shingles to prevent the device from tipping backward. The upper end of the 'arm A is slotted, as indicated, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

The letter F indicates a short metallic beam,

40 having cast with it at one end a curved upright, G, which passes through a slot in the supporting-arm G. The said beam and supporting-arm are pivoted in the arm A bymeans of a suitable bolt forming a knucklejoint,which permits the beam and curved arm and the supporting-arm to be moved inde- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,458, dated January 22, 1884.

' Application filed November 2, 1882. Renewed December 27, 1883. (No model.)

pendently of each other. The curved arm is provided with apertures H at suitable'intervals, and the supporting-arm with an aperture, I, through which a bolt may be passed to secure thearm in desired position to suit the pitch of the roof. The beam has cast with it lateral projections K, which straddle the arm A, and are provided withprods L, which take into the shingle and hold the device to the roof. The beam is also provided with a slot,llI,th-rough whichprojects a standard at the lower end. of the arm A, the said standard being provided with an aperture,

through which may be passed a nail or pin to prevent the parts from being accidentally displaced when in use.

The device is attached to the roof between the shingles in the usual manner, two or more of said devices being employed, upon which a board is supported, forming a shelf upon which the workman may rest while shingling.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1'. In combination with thestandard B, mounted on a suitable base, and the arm A, formed thereon, the beam M, pivoted to said arm and having lateral prodded projections adapted to -G, and the supporting-arm G, both pivoted in the slot, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of October, 1882.

STEPHEN WOODARD.

Witnesses:

O. L. BILLINGS, W. JoHNs. 

